Larnaca official to stand trial

A Larnaca city official will stand trial on corruption charges, a criminal court ruled on Thursday, in the case of a nightclub owner who paid cash to clear his business citations but the money was never deposited.

City Manager Lefteris Embedoklis, who was arrested back in 2016 and later suspended from duty, was found in the wrong during Thursday’s “trial before trial” on charges involving bribery, theft, kickbacks, and illegal gains.

Embedoklis is being accused by a business owner, who lived abroad and gave the official...